Suit-hanger.



Patente Dec. 2, |902.

' -L. G. SWAN.

SUIT HANGER.

(Appl cat an l dMay 28 1902) (llo Model.)

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LEON G. SWAN, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUIT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,967, dated December 2, 1902. Application led May 28, 1902. Serial No. 109,298. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, LEON G. SWAN, of Lawrence, county of Essex, and State of Massa chusetts, have invented an Improvement in Suit-Hangers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to an improved form of suit-hanger which is adapted to support a coat, and is specially adapted to support one or more pairs of trousers by the bottoms of their legs while folded.

My invention has for its object to provide a convenient forni of device of the abovenamed character which may be made of bent wire, which may support one or more pairs of trousers at the same time, and which possesses various advantages hereinafter to be described.

For an understanding of my invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective View of my device. Figs. 2 and 3 are views of opposite ends thereof.

As shown in Fig. l, the main portion of my device consists of a stiff wire, which is bent to forni the customary hook a at its middle portion, and the two shoulder-supporting sections Z) b', forming a coat-hanger of ordinary form. The portion of the wire which is bent in loop shape to form the ends of the shoulder-sections Z9 b is bent about itself at c c', is then extended downwardly to form two straight portions CZ CZ', and then is bent to form loops ff, from which point the two ends e e extend toward cach other in a direction which is approximately parallel with the sections b ZJ', said ends being connected by a ferrule g. The straight section e e', with the eyes formed by the loops ff', and depending portions (Z CZ comprise the fixed member of a clamp, the movable member of which is now to be described. One end of an independent wire h is looped about the section Zi, closely adjacent the loop c, and is extended downwardly and then transversely through the loop f. From this point it is extended up wardly closely adjacent the straight portion d of the main wire and is bent outwardly therefrom at its opposite end in an oblique direction, as shown in Figs. l and 2, forming a catch h. The second wire e' is also looped about the main wire adjacent the loop c at one end, is extended downwardly and then transversely through the loop f', and then is bent to form an eye k at its opposite end. Springs m n are arranged on the intermediate or transversely extending portions of the wires Zi and fi, between the downwardly-extending portions thereof and the loops ff', respectively, so that said springs act to draw said catch h' and loop 7c against the adjacent loops ff. A clamping-bar Z, of stiff straight wire, is jointed at one end to the eye 7.a and is adapted to be forced between the downwardly-extending portion OZ of the main wire and the hook-shaped end portion h of the wire h, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

When it is desired to secure the bottoms of the trousers to the hanger, the clampingbar Z is swung from between the portion CZ of the fixed member and the catch Zt', and the bottoms of the legs of the trousers, which have been previously folded flat, are placed against the horizontal straight portion e e of the fixed member, and then the bar Z is pressed down between the portion CZ and catch h'. This action draws the intermediate portion of wires 7L and c' through the eyes f f", permitting the bar Z to move away from the straight portion ce' of the fixed member a distance corresponding to the thickness of the cloth clamped between them, said barZ constantly remaining substantially in parallelism with said straight portion e e'. The trousers will thus be firmly secured between the two members of the clamp. It Willbe evident that several pairs of trousers may be clamped together in this manner, the springs permitting the movable member to swing away from the fixed member.

Vhile I preferably combine the particular form of trousers-hanger above described with a coat-hanger, yet obviously the former is not necessarily used in connection with the latter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

l. A garment-hanger consisting of a clamp comprising a relatively fixed member having a straight section with eyes at opposite ends,

and a movable member, comprising a straight clamping-bar, a spring-pressed support which is pivoted to said fixed member and passes through one of said eyes, and to the unpivoted end of which one end of said bar is pivoted, a spring-pressed catch which is also pivoted to said xed member and passes through the other eye, and is adapted to engage the opposite end of said bar and press it toward said xed member, whereby said bar may move from the straight section of said fixed member in parallelism, substantially as described.

2. In a garment-hanger the combination with a main support, a clamp having a relatively stationary member secured thereto co mprising a substantially straight wire bent to provide eyes at opposite ends,a pair of movable members of angular form which are pivoted at one end to said support, the intermediate portions thereof passing through said eyes respectively, springs which are arranged on said intermediate portions which engage one side of said fixed member, a straight clamping-Wire which is pivoted to the projecting end of one pivoted member and a catch which extends from the end of the other pivoted member both arranged on the opposite side of said ixed member from said springs, said clamping-wire beingI thereby adapted to move in parallelism with respect to said xed member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LEON G. SWAN.

-Witnesses:

LOUIS H. HARRIMAN, MAUD M. PIPER. 

